[morning_wood] We’ll make him tomorrow

AO: morning_wood Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Rubbermaid, HazMat, Wilbur, Hot Yoga, Pothole, Cliffhanger, Peter Withers FNGs: None COUNT: 7 Cliff notes: 6 and an FNG met this morning, but decided to postpone the naming of our new mate until the 9/11 Convergence.

[blue-ridge_relay] Blue Ridge Relay – 2025

AO: blue-ridge_relay Q: ChatterBox PAX: Schnitzel, Kilo, fugitive, Shania, Transporter, Cliffhanger, Fester, Cheddar FNGs: None COUNT: 9 Team: F3 Waxhaw Express aka F3 International

[paper_trail] Tapering, sorta

AO: paper_trail Q: Cliffhanger PAX: ChatterBox, Transporter, Shania, Fester, fugitive, Schnitzel, Swedish Chef, Sweetums, Half-Pipe, Cliffhanger FNGs: None COUNT: 10 Cliff notes: The big group, the BRR-tapering 7, met for a 3-loop recon of Chatter’s hood, and the smaller group, the ultra-training 3, got their miles (between 15 and 22!) up and down Crowder’s.

[morning_wood] Car wash

AO: morning_wood Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Rubbermaid, Swedish Chef, Hot Yoga, Strawberry, Cliffhanger FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Cliff notes: it’s been a while, with all the training for BRR and other cement-based events. Add to that the few weeks of torrential rains, and you get yourself a trail with overgrown vegetation, modified portions, and new fun […]

[wxw_express] To the top of the hills we will run, or will we get lost

AO: wxw_express Q: Drive By PAX: Seabass, ChatterBox, Blade, Rubbermaid, Schnitzel, Cliffhanger, Chastain, Singlet, Foundation, Deflated, Transporter, Hooch, Stagecoach FNGs: None COUNT: 14 Off to Lawson and played frogger crossing the road. Once in Lawson we hit the path and did 5 repeats up the long hill. Then we ran to the other side of […]

[paper_trail] Jerky-off

AO: paper_trail Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Transporter, ChatterBox, Shania, Swedish Chef, Kilo, Half-Pipe, Flip Phone, Kid Rock, Rubbermaid, Schnitzel, fugitive, Cliffhanger, Buddy the Elf FNGs: None COUNT: 13 Cliff notes: The plan is still to continue with the CSAUPs every week since Spring started, and while we are slowly running out of ideas, we can always […]

[short_circuit] 52!

AO: short_circuit Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Goodfella, Kid Rock, Paper Jam, Posse, Black Hat, Flip Phone, Cliffhanger FNGs: None COUNT: 7 Cliff notes: Age is just a number, they say, but numbers are seldom just numbers. We reflected at COT on the importance of raising the “good numbers” (hours spent with your kids, especially before they […]

[the_floater] Taunting Burpee Train

AO: the_floater Q: Hooch PAX: Easy Button, Chastain, Mad Dog, Rocketman, Inspector Gadget, Recalc, Zorro, Singlet, Hooch, Cliffhanger, Premature FNGs: None COUNT: 13 What had happened was: Burpee train arrived early. Bad idea Indian Run. Paula Abdul cemetery work ( i think she is still alive) More Bad Idea Indian Run. Hit a zillion mailboxes […]

[flash] It was him

AO: flash Q: Chastain PAX: Chastain, Cliffhanger, Dasher, Centerfold, Black Hat, Falcon, Meth FNGs: None COUNT: 7 What had happened was: Whoopsie, I forgot to write my backblast. It was Flash. We did stuff. Meth made a return after a long absence. We asked how he got his name and of course the answer was […]

[paper_trail] The strangest bachelor party ever

AO: paper_trail Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Kilo, Swedish Chef, HazMat, Drive By, Schnitzel, ChatterBox, Transporter, Kid Rock, Rubbermaid, Chopper, Cliffhanger, Green Label FNGs: None COUNT: 12 Cliff notes: They’ll make a movie about this bachelor’s party someday. We can’t disclose all the details, for obvious reasons, but we will reveal that part of sending Chopper off […]